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Broken rz3 disk
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lynn B. Reid)
Mon Jan 24 15:17:17 1994
To: hotline@MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 94 15:17:09 EST
From: Lynn B. Reid <lbreid@MIT.EDU>
We have a broken DECStation 3100 that refuses to reboot. I do not know
how the problem started, but today the machine couldn't do xwindow logins,
only console. So I rebooted it. However, the power-up check couldn't
find SCSI 3, and hence the entire machine is DEAD. Please come and
fix it.
Name: Samsara.mit.edu
Type: DECSTation 3100
Location: 48-209 MIT
Contact: Lynn B. Reid or anyone at x3-5484
Phone: x3-5484
Problem: On reboot, here are the symptoms:
KNO1 V7.03
7..6..5..4..
?? <-- remains flashing
I hit control C and then typed:
>>boot
The disk makes a noise like it is spinning up after the machine
says that bit about booting from rz(0,3,0)vmunix, and then these
errors occur:
Excptn: <vtr=NRML>
Excptn pc: 0x806000024
Creg: 0x3000000c<CE=3,EXC=WMISS>
Sreg: 0x30080000<CU1,CU0,CM,IPL=8>
blah blah blah.....
Thanks!
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Lynn B. Reid, "brave Boadicea of Bayesian Bullshit"
Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory for Water Resources and Environmental Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
FAX (617) 253-7462 PHONE: (617) 253-5484
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